Hamilton Bulldogs OHL Champion
Head Coach John Gruden
General Manager Steve Staios
Eastern Conference Champions 43-18-4-3-93 points
-Beat Ottawa 4-1.
-Beat Niagara 4-1.
-Beat Kingston 4-1.
-Beat Sault Ste Marie 4-2.
-First OHL title in third year in Hamilton after moving from Belleville.
Number | Player | Pos | Birth Year | Points-per-game (regular season) | Playoff Points | NHL |
27 | Robert Thomas# | C | 1999 | 1.53 | 32 | St. Louis (1st round) |
40 | Ryan Moore^ | C | 1997 | 0.95 | 26 | |
17 | Brandon Saigeon | C | 1998 | 1.08 | 25 | |
10 | Nicholas Caamano^ | LW | 1998 | 0.89 | 22 | Dallas (5th round) |
18 | Matthew Strome | LW | 1999 | 1.05 | 18 | Phila. (4th round) |
42 | Benjamin Gleason | D | 1998 | 0.76 | 18 | |
44 | MacKenzie Entwhistle | RW | 1999 | 0.78 | 17 | Arizona (3rd round) |
28 | Marian Studenic | RW | 1998 | 0.77 | 15 | NJ (5th round) |
61 | Riley Stillman* | D | 1998 | 0.55 | 14 | Florida (4th round) |
11 | Isaac Nurse | RW | 1999 | 0.44 | 11 | |
14 | Will Bitten | RW | 1998 | 1.03 | 11 | Montreal (3rd round) |
34 | Arthur Kaliyev | RW | 2001 | 0.71 | 11 | Eligible 2019 |
5 | Justin Lemcke | D | 1997 | 0.44 | 7 | |
52 | Nicolas Mattinen& | D | 1998 | 0.47 | 7 | Toronto (6th round) |
24 | Connor Walters | D | 1997 | 0.23 | 6 | |
22 | Jack Hanley | D | 1998 | 0.22 | 3 | |
33 | Kaden Fulcher | G | 1998 | 2.86 GAA/.899 Sv% | 2.70 GAA/0.905 Sv% | Detroit (FA) |
Trades:
#=Acquired from London for Connor McMichael, 2nd round 2021, 2nd round 2020, 3rd round 2022, 2nd round 2025 and 2nd round 2026.
^=Acquired from Flint for Connor Roberts, 2nd round pick 2019, 3rd round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2020.
*=Acquired from Oshawa for 3rd round pick in 2018, 2nd round 2020, 2nd round 2022, 4th round 2023 and 3rd round pick in 2024.
&=Acquired from Flint for Riley McCourt and 5th round (2023), 2nd round (2024) and 2nd round (2023).
Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL Champion
Head Coach Mario Pouliot
General Manager Sylvain Couturier
43-15-8-2-96 points
-Beat Chicoutimi 4-2
-Beat Sherbrooke 4-0
-Beat Victoriaville 4-0
-Beat Blainville-Boisbriand 4-2
First QMJHL title since 1999, the same season they moved to Bathurst from Laval. They went 0-3 in the 1999 Memorial Cup.
-Lost to Saint John in the QMJHL Final in 2017.
Number | Player | Pos | Birth Year | Points-per-game | Playoff Points | NHL |
25 | Jeffrey Truchon-Viel | LW | 1997 | 1.07 | 23 | FA San Jose |
26 | Olivier Galipeau# | D | 1997 | 1.10 | 20 | |
88 | Antoine Morand | C | 1999 | 1.15 | 19 | Anaheim (2nd round) |
27 | Ethan Crossman | LW | 1999 | 0.67 | 16 | |
11 | Mitchell Balmas& | C | 1998 | 1.06 | 13 | |
13 | Adam Holwell | D | 1997 | 0.75 | 13 | |
53 | Noah Dobson | D | 2000 | 1.03 | 13 | Eligible 2018 |
28 | Samuel Asselin@ | C | 1998 | 0.88 | 11 | |
71 | Justin Ducharme | D | 2000 | 0.43 | 11 | Eligible 2018 |
98 | German Rubtsov* | C | 1998 | 0.88 | 10 | Phila. (1st round) |
61 | Liam Murphy | C | 1998 | 0.58 | 10 | |
16 | Jordan Maher | C | 1998 | 0.97 | 10 | |
9 | Samuel L’italien | C | 1998 | 0.65 | 9 | |
14 | Keenan MacIsaac | D | 1999 | 0.44 | 6 | |
45 | Elijah Francis | D | 1998 | 0.15 | 4 | |
29 | Michal Ivan | D | 1999 | 0.33 | 3 | |
42 | Marc-Andre LeCouffe | C | 1999 | 0.20 | 1 | |
31 | Evan Fitzpatrick^ | G | 1998 | 2.67 GAA/0.904 Sv% | 2.10 GAA/0.925 Sv% | St. Louis (2nd round) |
@=Acquired from Shawinigan for Oliver Desroches, 5th round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2020.
#=Acquired from Chicoutimi for 4th round pick in 2018, 2nd round pick in 2019, 3rd round pick in 2019, 3rd round pick in 2020 and 5th round pick in 2020.
^=Acquired from Sherbrooke for Reilly Pickard.
&=Acquired with a 3rd round pick in 2018 from Gatineau for Dawson Theede, 1st round pick in 2018 and 1st round pick in 2020.
*=Acquired from Chicoutimi with a 2nd round pick in 2020 for Christopher Farmer, Vladimir Kuznetsov, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks in 2020.
Swift Current Broncos WHL Champions
Head Coach Manny Viveiros
48-17-5-2-103 points
-Beat Regina 4-3
-Beat Moose Jaw 4-3
-Beat Lethbridge 4-2
-Beat Everett 4-2
First WHL title since 1993. Won the Memorial Cup in 1989.
Number | Player | Pos | Birth Year | Points-per-game | Playoff Points | NHL |
15 | Glenn Gawdin | C | 1997 | 1.87 | 32 | Drafted by St. Louis but unsigned (4th round) Calgary FA |
20 | Aleksi Heponiemi | RW | 1999 | 2.07 | 30 | Florida (2nd round) |
17 | Tyler Steenbergen | LW | 1998 | 1.82 | 27 | Arizona (5th round) |
29 | Giorgio Estephan@ | C | 1997 | 1.25 | 23 | Drafted but unsigned by Buffalo (6th round)FA |
2 | Colby Sissons | D | 1997 | 0.99 | 23 | FA NJ |
34 | Matteo Gennaro# | C | 1997 | 1.18 | 18 | Drafted but unsigned by Winnipeg (7th round)FA |
19 | Beck Malenstyn# | LW | 1998 | 0.76 | 11 | Washington (5th round) |
10 | Kaden Elder | C | 1998 | 0.48 | 9 | |
5 | Artyom Minulin | D | 1998 | 0.67 | 8 | |
23 | Max Patterson^ | RW | 1999 | 0.33 | 7 | |
6 | Sahvan Khaira | D | 1998 | 0.40 | 7 | |
26 | Andrew Fyten* | RW | 1998 | 0.33 | 6 | |
25 | Tanner Nagel@ | RW | 1998 | 0.19 | 2 | |
3 | Josh Anderson% | D | 1998 | 0.26 | 2 | Colorado (3rd round) |
7 | Noah King | D | 1999 | 0.08 | 1 | |
16 | Kole Gable | LW | 1998 | 0.24 | 1 | |
4 | Jacson Alexander | D | 2001 | 0.16 | 1 | Eligible 2019 |
74 | Stuart Skinner@ | G | 1998 | 3.07 GAA/0.905 Sv% | 2.20 GAA/0.932 Sv% | Edmonton (3rd round) |
@=Acquired from Lethbridge for Logan Flodell, Logan Barlage, Owen Blocker, Matthew Stanley, 1st round 2020, 3rd round 2020 and 2nd round 2021.
#=Acquired from Calgary with a 5th round pick in 2018 for Conner Chaulk, Riley Stotts, Dominic Schmiemann, Josh Prokop, Ethan Hein and 2nd round pick in 2018.
^=Acquired from Kootenay for Bailey Brkin and a 5th round pick in 2018.
*=Acquired from Calgary for Ethan Martini and a 3rd round pick in 2020.
%=Acquired from Prince George for 1st round picks in 2018 and 2019.
Regina Pats Host
Head Coach/General Manager John Paddock
40-25-6-1-87 points
-Lost to Swift Current 4-3
Number | Player | Pos | Birth Year | Points-per-game | Playoff Points | NHL |
23 | Sam Steel | C | 1998 | 1.54 | 11 | Anaheim (1st round) |
41 | Cam Hebig~ | C | 1997 | 1.36 | 8 | Edmonton FA |
19 | Jake Leschyshyn | C | 1999 | 0.63 | 5 | Vegas (2nd round) |
5 | Josh Mahura | D | 1998 | 1.15 | 5 | Anaheim (3rd round) |
21 | Nick Henry | RW | 1999 | 0.55 | 4 | Colorado (4th round) |
20 | Emil Oksanen | RW | 1998 | 0.83 | 4 | |
32 | Robbie Holmes | LW | 1999 | 0.43 | 4 | |
4 | Cale Fleury# | D | 1998 | 0.75 | 4 | Montreal (3rd round) |
28 | Brady Pouteau$ | D | 1998 | 0.22 | 4 | |
77 | Matt Bradley@ | C | 1997 | 1.10 | 3 | |
3 | Libor Hajek! | D | 1998 | 0.67 | 1 | Tampa Bay (2nd round) |
13 | Jared Legien% | LW | 1998 | 0.82 | 1 | |
2 | Aaron Hyman` | D | 1998 | 0.24 | 1 | |
26 | Bryce Platt | LW | 1998 | 0.10 | 1 | |
55 | Liam Schioler | D | 1998 | 0.14 | 1 | |
61 | Jesse Gabrielle^ | LW | 1997 | 0.70 | 0-played in only 2 games | Boston (5th round) |
10 | Austin Pratt& | RW | 1999 | 0.33 | 0-played in only 2 games | |
30 | Ryan Kubic~ | G | 1998 | 3.62 GAA/0.889 Sv% | 3.08 GAA/0.891 Sv% | |
33 | Max Paddock | G | 2000 | 2.90 GAA/0.904 Sv% | Injured | Eligible 2018 |
@=Acquired from Medicine Hat with 2nd round pick in 2018, 3rd round pick in 2018 and 5th round pick in 2019 for Jordan Hollett.
#=Acquired from Kootenay for Jonathan Smart, Cole Muir, 2nd round pick in 2018, 6th round pick in 2018 and either a 2019 or 2020 conditional pick.
%=Acquired from Victoria for Braydon Buziak and a 7th round conditional pick.
^=Acquired from Prince George with Jonas Harkins for Kjell Kjemhus, Ethan McColm and 3rd round and 5th round picks in 2018.
&=Acquired from Red Deer for a 3rd round pick in 2019.
!=Acquired from Saskatoon for Dawson Davidson, Tristen Robins and a 1st round pick in 2019.
~=Acquired from Saskatoon for Tyler Brown, Bryan Lockner, 1st and 2nd round picks in 2020, 3rd round pick in 2019 and 3rd round pick in 2021.
`=Acquired from Seattle for Owen Williams and a 2nd round pick in 2019.
$=Acquired from Lethbridge for a 7th round pick in 2018.